Kalok said:Venjenz said:muscoby said:My instinct is that everyone I see playing a game is a guy in real life. Unless I know that person in real life as a girl I assume everyone is a guy.
MMORPG = Many Men Online Role Playing Girls.
Welcome to the Internet..... Where the men are men.... And so are the women. heheheheh
I always laugh when I hear that.
BUT I don't think it's true anymore.
Over 50% of my FFXIV guild are RL women. Seriously, they outnumber the guys. And while the bulk of the ladies are playing with their boyfriends/husbands (who are also in the guild), there are several that play on their own - either they're single, or their boyfriends don't play this game with them.
To be honest, I really hope Pantheon can be successful with female MMORPG gamers. Because they're out there. And there are a LOT more of them than us guys tend to realize.
I'm the guy that not only plays a male character in game but I also do my best to make the character look as close to me as possible in body and in face. That and there's the stigma that most in-game females were played by guys as a means to win favor with the poor saps. Wood Elf Druid females were renown for that in EQ1.
Then there's a subconscious chauvinism with me and others that I myself only noticed later. If playing a female character, the character itself just feels less impressive.
My main and most alts are and have always been male .
However if I have several alts I sometimes try out a female character mainly for the change of looks or to try out a race I have never played .
For instance in EQ I had a Troll Shaman female and a Dark Elf SK female . I think they never got above 30 but on occasion it was fun to role play them especially the Troll female .
I am Male but enjoy playing both or even nonsex toons and I love to RP so I will take on the personality of the race and sex of my toon my wife plays with me and there are just time we get a good laugh of how we play our toons of the opposite sex and races and even better when I get in game marriage proposals
Tamayona
Deadshade said:For instance in EQ I had a Troll Shaman female and a Dark Elf SK female . I think they never got above 30 but on occasion it was fun to role play them especially the Troll female .
Y'know, I forgot that I did this same thing. There was just something fun about roleplaying as a Troll woman and winking at everybody.
Primary character is always a female elf (Dark Elves are the master race FYI) and alts of other races/classes are always female too. Yes I am one of those men who always play female toons in MMO's (or any game given the chance). Rationale: If I am going to drop a good chunk of my time into playing a game, I want a pleasing avatar/character to look at (always play 3rd person in MMO's). :) <3